--- title: Mini Friends Reunion Featuring the Central Perk description: Ellen DeGeneres brought together Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow for a mini reunion on a rebuilt set of the Central Park. canonical: https://time.com/5515530/friends-reunion-ellen/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-29T19:19:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:10.373Z og:title: Here's the Ellen Episode With the Surprise 'Friends' Reunion og:description: Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow reunited on the classic coffee shop couch og:url: https://time.com/5515530/friends-reunion-ellen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f29b3653d5d52d1/6989442997cdff71bc6b73e3/screen-shot-2019-01-29-at-12.57.30-pm.png?branch=production&width=697&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 697 og:image:height: 392 og:image:alt: courteney-cox-lisa-kudrow og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the Ellen Episode With the Surprise 'Friends' Reunion twitter:description: Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow reunited on the classic coffee shop couch twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f29b3653d5d52d1/6989442997cdff71bc6b73e3/screen-shot-2019-01-29-at-12.57.30-pm.png?branch=production&width=697&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ellen Gives Us the Surprise Mini _Friends_ Reunion You Needed > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 29, 2019 7:19 PM UTC  EllenTube  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 29, 2019 7:19 PM UTC When [Ellen DeGeneres](http://time.com/5493888/kevin-hart-oscars-ellen-degeneres/) wants to help out a friend, she pulls out all the stops. When [Courteney Cox](http://time.com/4507557/courteney-cox-lisa-kudrow-friends-trivia/) came on _The Ellen Show_ this week to promote her own new show, a Facebook series called _Nine Months with Courteney Cox_, DeGeneres realized the former [_Friends_](http://time.com/5499231/friends-twins-teens/) actor was going to need an extra bit of assistance in order to get her up to speed with the social media era. Because while _Friends_ remains one of the most enduring of TV sitcoms, Cox herself hasn’t quite kept up with the times. Pan to stage right, where DeGeneres had her crew assemble the set of the Central Perk, the coffee shop that the _Friends_ gang famously enjoyed hanging out at. (DeGeneres even said the couch was the original.) Their goal: take a perfect first Instagram photo for Cox’s brand-new account. “I wish [Lisa Kudrow](http://time.com/5120318/lisa-kudrow-friends-movie/) were here, because that would be fun,” DeGeneres mused casually. Cue Kudrow’s entrance, to Cox’s complete surprise. (You can watch the [full encounter here](https://www.ellentube.com/video/courteney-cox-has-a-surprise-reunion-with-her-friend-lisa-kudrow.html).) “You’re here!” Cox said. “This is a shock.” “I wanted to be there for you. Get it?” Kudrow joked in exchange, recalling the show’s memorable theme songs lyrics. It’s [not the first time](http://time.com/4507557/courteney-cox-lisa-kudrow-friends-trivia/) the two have reunited, even if briefly, to recall the _Friends_ glory days — and as it turns out, they’ve maintained their [friendship offscreen](https://www.today.com/popculture/former-friends-courteney-cox-lisa-kudrow-jennifer-aniston-keep-touch-t124452) over the years as well. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5515530/friends-reunion-ellen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5515530/friends-reunion-ellen/"},"headline":"Ellen Gives Us the Surprise Mini Friends Reunion You Needed","datePublished":"2019-01-29T19:19:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:10.373Z","description":"\"I wanted to be there for you. 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